Over the last six months, 301 Bournemouth businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 4 of 20 trading locations in Dorset. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 1.8% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
1,854Import declarations▲ 5.2% on the 6 months before
860Export declarations
+1.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
301Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 301 businesses.
★ Most active in BournemouthFiled more customs declarations than any other Bournemouth business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.
Most active business
BINKS U.K. LIMITED
125 import declarations100 export declarationsBH11 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s., spray guns and similar appliances (other than electrical machines, appliances and other devices for spraying molten metals or metal carbides of heading 8515, sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines).
▲ Expected to increase by 38.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity100 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CONTINENTAL CLOTHING COMPANY LTD
29 import declarations19 export declarationsBH4 *Ch. 35Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MOTION CONTROL PRODUCTS LIMITED
77 import declarations68 export declarationsBH11 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include motors of an output <= 37,5 w, gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters, boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HERO UK FOODS LIMITED
46 import declarations45 export declarationsBH2 *Ch. 08Ch. 18Ch. 19Ch. 20Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes, prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals, bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the.
▲ Expected to increase by 15.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LASERMET LIMITED
29 import declarations48 export declarationsBH9 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include textile products and articles, for technical purposes, specified in note 7 to chapter 59, n.e.s., spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles), shutters, blinds, incl. venetian blinds, and similar articles and parts thereof, of plastics (excl. fittings and similar articles).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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291 more Bournemouth businesses
Every importer and exporter in BH1 / BH10 / BH11 / BH2 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Bournemouth trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 301 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careFood preparations, n.e.s.Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theArticles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Static convertersJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)
Common questions about trade in Bournemouth
How many businesses import or export from Bournemouth?
HMRC customs records show 301 businesses in Bournemouth (BH1, BH10, BH11, BH2) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,854 import declarations and 860 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Bournemouth businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bournemouth traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, food preparations, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Bournemouth growing?
Import activity is up 5.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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